Heritage Poems 75 - Guernsey schools' poetry competition
This year, 2020, celebrates 75 years of liberation from the Occupation of the Nazis during World War two on the Island of Guernsey. A poetry competition was held asking Guernsey school students to write poems about the experience during Occupation and the joy of Liberation after 5 years (World War 2). Students from schools across the island talked to their grandparents and learnt about how it affected family members. They submitted poems which were judged by local sixth form students studying English. Online voting was used to identify an overall winner from the nine finalists. Students also had the opportunity to read out their poems on Radio Guernsey in the JKT show.
This year, 2020, celebrates 75 years of liberation from the Occupation of the Nazis during World War two on the Island of Guernsey. A poetry competition was held asking Guernsey school students to write poems about the experience during Occupation and the joy of Liberation after 5 years (World War 2). Students from schools across the island talked to their grandparents and learnt about how it affected family members. They submitted poems which were judged by local sixth form students studying English. Online voting was used to identify an overall winner from the nine finalists. Students also had the opportunity to read out their poems on Radio Guernsey in the JKT show.
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Finalist
Liberation! Carmen Walsh
At last the sun shines over Guernsey,
At last our people are free,
Joy has spread
families have reunited
happy as could be.
At last our people shall suffer no more,
At last we can foresee,
A happy lively lovely place for our children to grow up in
At last we see the light of day,
A joyous place to be,
A new, exiting, loving place for you and me to see
No fighting, No sadness,
No evil no more.
Just a cheerful, welcoming Guernsey.
We shall never forget this merry day
In which the sun shone over us,
In which the terror was over,
When Guernsey became Guernsey again!
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